Telescopic fishing rod



c. A. TRE'DWELL TELESCOPIC FISHING ROD Filed Oct. 14, 1924 April 19 V1927.

30 scoped relations.

Patented Apr. 19, 1927. i 'i 1,625,510-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. TREDWELL, F NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,l ASSIC'NOR TO WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS C0., 0F NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

TELESCOPIC FISHING ROD. i

Application filed October 14, 1924. .Serial No. 743,528.

Fig. 1 is a. broken view, in side elevation, sleeve 11, provided at its respective ends with of a telescopic fishing-rod, constructed in accorresponding tubular clips 12 formed n- 45 cordance with my invention. tegral with it, but separated from it by trans- Fig. 2 is a View thereof in central, longlverse slots 13, the sleeve and clips being tudinal section. joined by integral webs 14 produced by the Fig. 3 is a view thereof, on a larger scale, limitation of the slots. Friction-sleeves so in transverse section, on the line 3-34 of produced are secured upon the lower end of 50 Fig. 2. each ot the joint-sections by brazing or Fig 4 is a similar view on the line 4-4 of otherwise fastening their clips 12 thereto, 10 Fig. 2. whereby their sleeves 11 are left free for Eig. 5 is a broken View, partly in side clelateral expansion Within the upper end of Vation and partly in longitudinal section, of the complementary joint-section with which 55 the upper end of one of the joint-sections, they have friction bearing throughout their showing thebearing-sleeve formed by reduclength, but no longitudinal extension. The l5 ing the same. i upper end of the complementary joint-sec- Fig. 6 is a broken View, in side elevation, tion is reduced in diameter to form a bearshowing the lower end of the complementary ing-sleeve l5, resulting in the production of 60 joint-sectionas provided With my improved a stop-shoulder 16 which co-acts with the 'friction-sleeve. upper end of the friction-sleeve11`at the 20 Fig. 7 is a detached View, in side elevation, point 17 to prevent the separation of the reofthe friction-sleeve. spective joint-sections.

Fig. 8 is a view thereof in end elevation. Each joint-section Ais 'provided at its upper 65 Fig.' 9 is a plan view ot' the blank lfrom end with a band 18 carrying a line-guide 19,

which it is formed. but the band and guide shown maybe re- My invention relates to an improvement in placed by any other suitable construction telescopic fishing-rods, the object being toanswering the same purpose. provide cheap, simple and etiicicnt means for I claim: v -70 creating the friction required to maintain In a fishing-rod having joint-sections their several joints in their extended or telewhich are relatively longitudinally-adjustj able, the combination with two of the joint- With these ends invieW, my invention sections thereof, ofa laterally expansible but consists in a telescopic vfishing-'rod characterlongitudinally non-extensible friction-sleeve 76 ized by the provision of its joint-sections, mounted upon the lower'end of one of the with the exception ot' its butt-section, with said joint-sections andhaving friction beara laterally expansible but longitudinallyy noning in the upper end'\of the other joint-secextensible supplemental friction-sleeve which tion, the said sleeve being provided at its is provided at its ends with integral tuburespective ends with integral tubular clips 8o lar clips separated from its ends by transrespectively separated from its ends -by .verse slots. transverse slots. 40 In carrying out my invention, as herein In testimony whereof, I`- have signed this shown, I provide each joint-section 10 of specification.

the rod with a laterally expansible but longiy tudinally non-extensible sheet-metal frictiori-V l CHARLES A. TREDWELL.V 

